The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Robert Patton, sent a letter Thursday to Gov. Mary Fallin detailing the events that took place leading up to and during the execution of Clayton D. Lockett as well as several recommendations.Read the letter. Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team arrived at Lockett's cell to escort him for medical X-rays as part of the execution protocol, according to the document. Patton said Lockett repetitively refused orders to be restrained and eventually a stun gun was used on him.About 5:53 a.m. Lockett was taken to a medical room and it was discovered he had a self-inflicted laceration to his arm, according to the document. He was given immediate medical treatment and later seen by a physician assistant that determined that sutures weren't needed, Patton said.Three officers were assigned to continuously observe Lockett until 5:19 p.m. and he was checked by the cell watch team every 15 minutes, according to the document. Starting at about 9:15 a.m. Lockett was twice offered a food tray and visits from his attorneys and refused them each time, Patton said.Starting at 5:22 p.m. Lockett was taken into the execution chamber, placed and restrained on the table and examined by a phlebotomist to determine a viable insertion point for an IV, according to the document. The doctor examined Lockett's arms, legs, feet and neck and did not find a viable insertion point, Patton said.The phlebotomist inserted an IV in Lockett's groin area which was then covered with a sheet to prevent the witnesses from viewing the area, according to the document. The warden was given permission to proceed and the shades in the chamber were raised, Patton said.Lockett did not want to make a final statement and the execution began around 6:23 p.m., according to the document. The doctor determined Lockett was unconscious at 6:33 p.m. and the second and third drugs were administered and shades lowered at 6:42 p.m., Patton said.At 6:44 p.m. the doctor checked the IV and determined that Lockett's vein had collapsed and the execution drugs had either been absorbed into the tissue, leaked out or both, according to the document. Patton said the doctor reported that Lockett still had a faint heartbeat, but was unconscious. The execution was then called off, according to the document.For 10 minutes between the time the execution was halted and the time the doctor pronounced Lockett deceased, no accounting of the events was recorded in the document.Patton made three recommendations: a complete review or revision to execution protocols, an indefinite stay of executions and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the execution.Crime footer

OKLAHOMA CITY —

The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Robert Patton, sent a letter Thursday to Gov. Mary Fallin detailing the events that took place leading up to and during the execution of Clayton D. Lockett as well as several recommendations.

Just after 5 a.m. Tuesday members of the Correctional Emergency Response Team arrived at Lockett's cell to escort him for medical X-rays as part of the execution protocol, according to the document. Patton said Lockett repetitively refused orders to be restrained and eventually a stun gun was used on him.

About 5:53 a.m. Lockett was taken to a medical room and it was discovered he had a self-inflicted laceration to his arm, according to the document. He was given immediate medical treatment and later seen by a physician assistant that determined that sutures weren't needed, Patton said.

Three officers were assigned to continuously observe Lockett until 5:19 p.m. and he was checked by the cell watch team every 15 minutes, according to the document. Starting at about 9:15 a.m. Lockett was twice offered a food tray and visits from his attorneys and refused them each time, Patton said.

Starting at 5:22 p.m. Lockett was taken into the execution chamber, placed and restrained on the table and examined by a phlebotomist to determine a viable insertion point for an IV, according to the document. The doctor examined Lockett's arms, legs, feet and neck and did not find a viable insertion point, Patton said.

The phlebotomist inserted an IV in Lockett's groin area which was then covered with a sheet to prevent the witnesses from viewing the area, according to the document. The warden was given permission to proceed and the shades in the chamber were raised, Patton said.

Lockett did not want to make a final statement and the execution began around 6:23 p.m., according to the document. The doctor determined Lockett was unconscious at 6:33 p.m. and the second and third drugs were administered and shades lowered at 6:42 p.m., Patton said.

At 6:44 p.m. the doctor checked the IV and determined that Lockett's vein had collapsed and the execution drugs had either been absorbed into the tissue, leaked out or both, according to the document. Patton said the doctor reported that Lockett still had a faint heartbeat, but was unconscious. The execution was then called off, according to the document.

For 10 minutes between the time the execution was halted and the time the doctor pronounced Lockett deceased, no accounting of the events was recorded in the document.

Patton made three recommendations: a complete review or revision to execution protocols, an indefinite stay of executions and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the execution.